Sweetxangel16

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1. Needle Stick injury

   Sweetxangel16 replied to Sweetxangel16's topic in Nurse Management

   Thank you, I'm giving it my best! I did change the device to a safer one as soon as employee told me what had happened (said employee did not like this change). This employee just asked me Friday at...

2. Needle Stick injury

   Sweetxangel16 replied to Sweetxangel16's topic in Nurse Management

   Thank you for replying! :) This employee states she is not symptomatic but feels that testing is now necessary & is insisting on it. This person can't provide me with the exact date of the injury...

3. Needle Stick injury

   Sweetxangel16 replied to Sweetxangel16's topic in Nurse Management

   I understand s/s of HIV can take months to yrs to show, but I don't understand how this employee would be able to prove that that needle stick was the source of infection. I mean this employee can't...

4. Needle Stick injury

   Sweetxangel16 replied to Sweetxangel16's topic in Nurse Management

   Thanks for replying :) The employee did receive a warning & I made her review & re-sign our policy for needle inj. I also had an outside speaker come in (from the health department) to do a...

5. Needle Stick injury

   Sweetxangel16 posted a topic in Nurse Management

   Need some help! I am a new nurse manager at an ambulatory surgery center. I was given no formal training for this position so I've been learning as I go, & using some prior knowledge I gained...